The Brookhaven leader., 1887-09-29

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How plain and comprehensive the rrso-
luton is, in setting forth the idea thai
the party should maintain that great
/ fundamental principle of selecting their
own candidates; but | remember while
the resolution was under consideration,
that a suggestion was made to amend, so
as to say, "nORe but Democrats should rOfe"
The intrOducor Of the resolution (Mr. ID.
A. Scarborough thought the words,
"DsmocrGiic rioters" strong enough to set
tie the point as to who should vote; hence
the resolution was adopted az alb ve.
Again the party spoke, aud i order to
put final quietus to the gre u. funda-
mental question $50 that the most filstd
Gus would not dare to change it by say
ing it was some other way the Executive
Committee was requested to give their
opinion, which they did, and most nobIy
did they exercise their prerogative. They
spoke out in language so plain that Only
one construction could be placed upon it,
aud in their endorsement of the plan
adopted by the power creating them, they
exercised good taste and judgment. Read
what the Executive Committee said
Inasnuch as there are differences of
opinion as to who are expected To partl-
cipate IN the primary election, to be held
on the 3lst day of August, 1881, the
undersigned Executive Committee
of the county, hereby gives
notice, that it was the distinct
understanding and action of the
maSs-mreting ordering said primary clcc-
ton, that 1t was to be Democratic, and
only those who have affiliated with the
Democratic party heretofore expected to
participate i'll the same.
There is no authority (for party
to be governed by) higher than mass
meeting, and the Executive Committee
appointed by mass meeting, There is 10
other organization to act for the party;
hence it is, all the resolutions, proclaim
ations and edicts issued by them, are
to be respected. adopted and carried out
by the party. Then, it is very clear that
the authorities OF the party have not
! transcribed, in the least, their high and
important duties (the opinions of the
capriciOus to the contrary notwlthsland-
! iuGl.
Fellow Democrats, | repeat, was the
! primary election Ia hc Democratic Ii
! Tie question can he argued ia the mega
tIve, would be glad 10 hear til points,
for l confess my optic nerves are =" de-
ticieut they cannot see them; hence
decide in the affirmative.
Again, appeal to the Dcmocrat. to
know if the primary election was carried
on in a strictly Democratic sense. As was
! contemplated by the plans adopted 10y
the party' Letus see if II was Al every
box i'll the county where Independents
and white Republicans asked to vote
they did so, except AT G"oprr's Creek.
| There six as good citizens (whit,) as there
are in the county were rejected. C"l0rcd
! people voted at all the boxes in Beat );
they were told that the mass meeting
said they could vote if they would pledge
to support the nominee. | want those
good people i'll Beat To do me the justice
to read very carefully the resolutions.
They will SEE thai my position while with
them was correct. AT the lIathorn Box
! (dnd before the crowd had as,embIed) the
question was put to known if the colored
people could vote. / was surprised al
that course, because that matter was
already settled, the managers nor the
crowd had no discretion to exercise. They
could only carry ont what they obligated
to do. But the question was decided IL
favor of colored people by gentlemen hav-
ing no right to vote taking part
They lived in that beat, but not at that
box, and it was a local question they
were deciding. In Beat 2 at the StringeT
Box, some colored people voted while
others were rejected. At my Box, IL
Beat A, the Independents never did Il
harder days work. | am sorry to know
that peoples zeal for their friends viii
canse them to bring into requisition that
arch .fend, whisky, to carry their point
Thus it was, that two hundred Indepen'
dents and Republicans voted in Demo
cratic primary election. Was that, !
ask, carrying out the wishes of the party
Who got that votef 1t is we'll known,
did not decide then that the election
was not carried out according to the plans
of the party.
The Executive Committee seeing that
the objects Ofthe party have been thwart
ed, II behOOves them to 90 to wOrl an1
see that tho wishes of the party a.
promulgated by them in their notice, art
carried ont to the letter. They should not
shirk a single duty. This great question
involving the fundamental principles d
the party alone directing its own affairs
has to be settled in our county, aud now
the is time; it was settled by the mass
meeting; it was settled by the Executive
Committee; lot the Democracy of the
county say it shall be so.
Having received more Democratic vote'
in the late primary election than an!
other candidate, take it that l ana en-
titled to be called the Democratic nom
inee; hence, am before the people as
candidate for Representative, ask the
Democrats of the county to sustain thei
party aud their principles by voting fo
me, provided the Executive Committed
fails to act.
am standing on the platform eDun